Lines and Colors art blog

Author: cparker

  • Scott Brundage (update)

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    Two things immediately jump out at me when looking over the illustrations of Scott Brundage: one is his deft control of mood and atmosphere across his range of styles, the other is, of course, the wonderful expressiveness of his characters. Brundage works in watercolor, and his style ranges from dark and intense to light and…

  • Pierre Raby

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    It would be easy to simply classify Montreal-based artist Pierre Raby’s work as “photorealistic”; but to do so, I think, is to miss the point. Raby’s paintings of cups, saucers, glassware and silver are marvelous wonderlands of light — reflected, refracted and bounced from one surface to the next in a cascade of color changes.…

  • Eye Candy for Today: Salomon van Ruysdael river landscape

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    River Landscape with Ferry, Salomon van Ruysdael Original is in the National Gallery of Art, DC. Though his name was largely eclipsed by that of his nephew, Jacob Isaakszoon van Ruisdael, early 17th century painter Salomon van Ruysdael contributed to the movement away from the formal Italianate landscapes brought to a peak in the same…

  • Samuel Michlap (update)

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    When I first wrote about concept and visual development artist Samuel Michlap back in 2006, he had recently started his blog and his website was still under construction. Since then, of course, he has added a considerable volume of work to his redesigned website, and his film industry credits now include titles like The Lion…

  • Eye Candy for Today: Frans Snyders’ grapes and game

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    Still Life with Grapes and Game, Frans Snyders In the National Gallery of Art, DC. According to the legend for this piece on the NGA website, still life featuring game and still life in which the primary subject was fruit were considered separate subjects until Snyders started combining them in the early 17th century. Snyders…

  • James Gurney’s Watercolor in the Wild

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    I was delighted to receive a review copy of Watercolor in the Wild, a new instructional video by painter/illustrator/author James Gurney. Watercolor is both an inviting and challenging medium. One of its most compelling features is the easy portability of a basic watercolor painting kit, allowing an artist to paint in a variety of places…